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Shambhala teachers talking about Basic Goodness, Creating Enlightened Society and and how we can help to bring about this social transformation. Including Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

"Enlightened society is not a utopian fantasy. It's a society where the citizens are aware of humanity's most innate principle, basic goodness, that we as humans are at our core good and complete. That feeling of self-worth and dignity has a very powerful effect on society.

The Shambhala notion of enlightened society is that the network of communication between people can be based upon actual goodness. Even though that's a very seemingly simple point, it's a fundamental point. It's the basic point of who we are and how we feel about ourselves.

We can create a lot of laws and institutions, but if we have no resolve in who we are there will be this feeling of inadequacy. That's what I feel we need to be looking more at, individually and in community.

Enlightened society is society recognizing its inherent healthiness. When this happens, society might get sick but there will always be an inherent health. Right now, people seem to approach society as if it is sick fundamentally, and occasionally we get healthy. Once the notion of enlightened society is established, it affects everything. It effects how kids are raised, how teachers talk to the students, how people engage in business, how they take care of their employees, and so on. It has a very dramatic effect."Extract from an extensive interview of the Sakyong by Monty McKeever for "Tricycle: The Buddhist Review". The full interview is online at http://www.tricycle.com/interview-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche

Online talks by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa RinpocheMeditation: The Path of the Buddha. (6 talks -video). at Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, 1974 at http://www.chronicleproject.com/CTRlibrary/meditation.htmlWith summaries of the talks, Audience Question and Answers, and Suggested Readings:Talk 1. Meditation Instruction (32:05)Talk 2. Shamatha or Abiding in Peace (1:11:53)Talk 3. State of Mind (1:12:44)Talk 4. Vipashyana or Insight Meditation (1:10:10)Talk 5. The Dawn of Enlightenment (56:43)About "Meditation: The Path of the Buddha" from a study guide prepared by Carolyn Gimian:In 1974 during the inaugural session of The Naropa Institute, Chögyam Trungpa presented this course on meditation. In addition to attending the class, students participated in meditation sessions throughout the week and attended discussion groups with his assistants. His course became the basis for the introductory meditation class that was given for many years at Naropa to incoming students. The course was held weekly during the same period of time that Rinpoche was teaching The Tibetan Buddhist Path, which will be presented on the Chronicles starting in January 2010.

The book "Turning the Mind into an Ally" is available from Shambhala Media at http://www.shambhalamedia.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode­=BSX191Foreword by Pema Chödrön. Turning the Mind Into an Ally offers basic guidelines for those interested in learning more about Buddhist meditation. Sakyong Mipham's instruction and discussion of the virtues of peaceful abiding are followed by suggestions for thematic contemplative meditations on topics such as birth, old age, and death. The book includes three useful appendices, outlining the posture of meditation and offering simple instruction for contemplative meditation. Riverhead BooksSoftcover, 5" x 8" 236 pp.

The DVD "Turning the Mind Into an Ally". Available from Shambhala Media at http://www.shambhalamedia.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode­=DSP401The perfect companion to the book Turning the Mind into an Ally. In this video of a public talk based on his bestselling book "Turning the Mind into an Ally", Sakyong Mipham shows how to turn the mind towards the practice of meditation in everyday life. His lively instructions offer us inspiration as well as powerful tools for accessing our own strong and supple minds.From a talk at Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, March 2003. Includes guided meditation. Centre ProductionsDirector: James HoaglandDVD. 97 minutes

Crazy Wisdom is now available for Download to Own exclusively from Alive Mind Cinema. Follow the link "Now available for download" at Alive Mind Cinema Crazy Wisdom page http://alivemindcinema.com/crazywisdom/The DVD will be released sometime late in 2012 so don't tarry, get the film now!$19.95 Download to own and watch the movie with your Mac or Windows computer in high quality computer High Definition on QuickTime Player, on iTunes or on your TV using your Apple TV anytime (1.3 GB). This summer, probably June, the DVD WITH EXTRAS (scenes that didn't make the cut and some prize moments with CTR) will be officially released!

CRAZY WISDOM is the first film to explore the life and "crazy wisdom" of Chogyam Trungpa, 'the bad boy of Buddhism,' who brought Tibetan Buddhism to the West. After five years of research, five years of active filmmaking from Scotland to Tibet, interviewing over 68 people and unearthing footage dating back decades, CRAZY WISDOM is screening all over the world.

Crazy Wisdom explores this through the story of Chogyam Trungpa, the brilliant "bad boy of Buddhism," who was pivotal in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West. Trungpa shattered our preconceived notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave. Born in Tibet, recognized as an exceptional reincarnate lama and trained in the rigorous monastic tradition, Trungpa fled his homeland during the Chinese Communist invasion. In Britain, realizing a cultural gap prevented his students from any deep understanding of Buddhism, he renounced his vows, eloped with a sixteen year-old, and lived as a westerner. In the U.S., he openly drank alcohol and had intimate relations with students. Was this crazy wisdom?With unprecedented access to Trungpa's inner circle and exclusive never-before-seen archival material, Crazy Wisdom looks at the man and the myths about him, and attempts to set the record straight.